A UB study has found that a drug that's already on the market
can promote the production of myelin, the fatty insulator that is
damaged in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and other
devastating neurological diseases.

SUNY Distinguished Professor Paras Prasad is the recipient of
UB's inaugural Innovation Impact Award recognizing high-impact
innovations created by university faculty and members of the
university research community.

Roseanne Berger has been recognized by the Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education for outstanding leadership,
management, innovation and improvement of residency and medical
fellowship programs.

In a Q&A with the UB Reporter, Barbara Ricotta, chair
of the UB Ebola Advisory Committee, talks about how UB is keeping
members of the university community safe in the wake of the Ebola
outbreak in western Africa.

Eric Reich knows a thing or two about entrepreneurship, which is
why the UB alumnus and co-founder of Campus Labs was brought in to
teach in the seminar that introduces students to the Undergraduate
Academies.

This Q&A addresses some of the questions members of the UB
community may have about the staus of the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa and the preparedness of the university regarding this public
health emergency.

UB librarian and environmentalist Frederick Stoss has been
recognized for his work with the National Library of Aruba in green
education programming and for helping to create the library’s
Caribbean Energy, Environmental and Sustainability Program.

As co-director of Partnership for the Public Good and UB Law
School adjunct faculty member, Sam Magavern works to bring people
with energy and good ideas to bear on the challenges facing the
city of Buffalo.

At a time in life when many retired people are spending their
days on the golf course or relaxing with the grandchildren,
emeritus professor Howard Wolf continues to teach, write and
lecture, both in the U.S. and abroad.

UB faculty member Kathryn Bryk Friedman has joined some of the
best and brightest scholars and experts from around the world as a
new Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars in Washington, D.C.

UB faculty member Gerard Connors' work mentoring promising
scientists at the Research Institute on Addictions has been
recognized with a prestigious national award from the American
Psychological Association.

UB faculty member Satpal Singh conducts research on interactions
between drugs and ion channels. And he's also gaining a
reputation internationally as an advocate against global
violence against women.

As chair of the board of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, UB
Law Dean Makau Mutua oversaw the KHRC's filing of a lawsuit that
precipitated an apology by the British government and decision to
compensate victims of its colonial atrocities in Kenya during the
1950s.

UB volcanologist Michael Sheridan discusses why Mexico’s
Popocatepetl volcano, which been coughing up ash, gas and molten
rock over the past few days, is one of the world’s most
dangerous volcanoes and why it remains difficult for researchers to
predict major eruptions.

Law School Professor Anthony Szczygieltalks about a revision in
Medicare policy that should enable elderly and nursing home
patients obtain better care in skilled care facilities and at home
through home health care agencies.

In a long and distinguished career, Philip Coppens has advanced
human understanding through his study of the way atoms are linked
to form molecules in crystals and how molecules change when exposed
to intense light.

Count him among the most unlikely candidates to be one of the
most interesting people you know. He’s the statistician-savvy
UB mathematics education professor with the boyish face and
eternally modulated voice, who is, somehow, undeniably drawn to the
wilder side, at least for an academic.

When UB introduced gender-neutral housing at the start of the
fall semester, the new policy reflected not only best practices in
residential living for college students nationwide, it also
incorporated a transgendered student’s thoughtful analysis
and the ethical principles of social work he holds dear.

Since being named SUNY Fredonia’s first female president,
UB alumna Virginia Horvath has made it her business to tout the
college’s strengths as a center of undergraduate learning,
fortify town-gown ties, and inspire campus and community alike with
her warmth and enthusiasm.

UB has proposed a 5.98 percent increase in the Comprehensive Fee
for 2015-16 in order “to continue to offer programs and
services that our UB students need and expect in the current state,
SUNY and UB budget climate.”